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Currently, it improves integration of Live with other tools, but useful devices, racks and templates will be added in future for various audio tasks. [Contributions](#Contributing) are welcome.\n\nInstant Setup\n-------------\nIf you just want to get started immediately on a project with version control, you can just run (open) the `SETUP.command` to clean up and use this repository as the basis for a project. Easy.\n\n---\n\nmacOS [Services]\n----------------\nLive Tools includes a few handy services for Live users wise enough to be running macOS.\n\nThey are easy to use, simply open a `.workflow` file and choose the option to install. This just moves that workflow to your `~/Library/Services` folder which makes it available from the `Services` menu, in this case from within Live.\n\n![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7797479/6123647/00608c06-b0fd-11e4-8273-1e8b272069de.png)\n\nNote that due to security measures on macOS, permission must first be granted to Applications before they can be manipulated from scripts and services.\n\nOpen System Preferences and navigate to `Accessibility` under `Security \u0026 Privacy`. Click on the padlock icon and enter your admin password to access the list. Make sure Live is listed and enabled (you can just drag in `Live.app` from Finder if it isn't on the list). You might also want to grant access to System Events and Automator here. This only needs to be done once.\n\n# \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7797479/6142880/28871e60-b1b7-11e4-917a-eb7c19f2d7c3.png)\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n### Git integration\n`Save Live Set as XML.workflow` will automatically uncompress `.als` files in the current project so that they play nice with Git, since a Live set is actually [just gzipped XML].\n\nIf you specify `⌘S` as the keyboard shortcut under `App Shortcuts` rather than `Services` this will actually override the native `Save Live Set` command so that now Live will in effect always save uncompressed `.als` files. Live has no problem opening these, so no need to worry about having to re-compress anything.\n\nReturn to System Preferences and under `Keyboard` then `Shortcuts`, add (`+`) a new shortcut and choose Live as the application. Enter `Save Live Set as XML` for the menu title (or whatever you want, providing this exactly matches the name of the `.workflow` file, should you decide to alter it).\n\n# \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7797479/6123649/03ff3c4a-b0fd-11e4-8153-a72e5b8e65aa.png)\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n### Pre-commit [hook]\nWhile the above service works by uncompressing sets every time you save from Live, an even better method is to implement this as a `pre-commit` [Git Hook][hook].\n\nIf you use this repository as the basis for a project as mentioned above, then all you have to do is run (open) the `SETUP.command`. This just adds the `pre-commit` hook and will clean out the repository ready for your Live project.\n\nAlternatively, you could setup a [Git template] including the hook which would apply it to any future repository using `git init`. Doing this on an existing repo will also work, and without overwriting anything.\n\n~~~ bash\ncd ~/path/to/project\nmkdir -p ~/path/to/template/hooks \u0026\u0026\ncp pre-commit ~/path/to/template/hooks\ngit config --global init.templatedir ~/path/to/template\n~~~\n\n### Commit\n`Commit Live Project.workflow` will first ensure any `.als` files are uncompressed as above, but then also either open the current project in [GitHub Desktop], _[GitKraken]_ or _[Tower]_ depending on which is installed, or otherwise prompt for a commit summary.\n\n### Export ALAC (`.m4a`) audio\n`Export ALAC audio.workflow` essentially adds the option of exporting [Apple Lossless Audio Codec][ALAC] files straight from Live. These have the advantage of lossless compression and metadata support including artwork.\n\nIt works by automatically converting the latest `.wav` or `.aif` output from Live (providing you save to the current project folder). It will also rename any accompanying `.*.asd` [analysis file] to `.m4a.asd` as appropriate.\n\n---\n\n[Makefile]\n----------\nThere's also a simple `makefile` [included] if you're into those.\n`make watch` will watch for changes in the project folder and automatically emulate the above workflows.\n\n---\n\n# Collaboration\nIn the spirit of collaboration, which hopefully this project will aid, there are a few nice online tools for sharing Live sets which are appropriately listed here.\n\n- [Blend]\n- [Splice]\n\n---\n\nAlternate Live icon\n-------------------\n![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7797479/6123652/12002f48-b0fd-11e4-908c-804b7f02d2b4.png)\n\nAlso thrown in is an alternative icon for Live, if you prefer. This can be applied by choosing `Get Info` from the contextual menu in Finder with `Live.app` selected, and dragging the `Live.icns` file over the existing icon in the top left corner. [LiteIcon] is free and recommended for managing icons on macOS, if you find yourself doing this kind of thing often.\n\n---\n\nLicense\n-------\n[MIT] © [Daniel Bayley]\n\n[MIT]:                LICENSE.md\n[Daniel Bayley]:      https://github.com/danielbayley\n\n[Ableton Live]:       http://ableton.com/en/live\n[DAW]:                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation\n\n[services]:           http://macosxautomation.com/services\n\n[ALAC]:               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless\n\n[analysis file]:      http://ableton.com/en/manual/managing-files-and-sets/#analysis-files-asd\n[just gzipped XML]:   http://crooked-hideout.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/ableton-live-set-is-gzipped-xml-ruby.html\n\n[makefile]:           http://gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Introduction\n[included]:           Makefile\n\n[git template]:       http://git-scm.com/docs/git-init\n[hook]:               http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks\n[GitHub Desktop]:     http://mac.github.com\n[GitKraken]:          http://gitkraken.com\n[tower]:              http://git-tower.com\n\n[liteicon]:           http://freemacsoft.net/liteicon\n\n[blend]:              http://blend.io\n[splice]:             http://splice.com\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdanielbayley%2Fableton-live-tools","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdanielbayley%2Fableton-live-tools","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdanielbayley%2Fableton-live-tools/lists"}